Robert samuel stratton



R. S. ST'RATTON.

BAIL OR TUB. v

No. 419,377. Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

.ROBERT SAMUEL STRATTON, OF ORILLIA, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PAIL O R T U B SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,377,dated January 14, 1890.

Application filed May 1, 1889. Serial No. 309,264. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT SAMUEL STRAT- TON, carpenter, of the town ofOrillia, in the county of Simcoe, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pails, Tubs, &c.,of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a substitute for the ordinaryband-hoops now used in pails, tubs, &c., which substitute will not fallfrom the pail, tub, ($50., when once placed in position, and willmaintain an elastic pressure against the staves of the pail or tub, soas to hold the same firmly in position, and at the same time permit thenecessary expansion caused by the moisture ab sorbed by the wood; and,it consists, essentially, of a wire hoop or hoops bent inwardly atcertain intervals, so as to indent and embed itself at these points intothe staves of the pail or other utensil, the ends of the wire formingthe hoop being bent and embedded in the wood after passing through holesmade in a sleeve used to connect them together, substantially ashereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 represents a pail provided with my improved hoops. Fig. 2 is aview of the hoop before it is placed in position. Fig. 3 is a sectionalplan of the pail through 00 3 Flat hoops now commonly used to bindtogether the staves of pails, tubs, &c., are liable to fall off when thestaves of the pail or tub shrink through dryness, and as there is noelasticity in these fiat hoops the slightest dryness of the staves willcause the seams to open. By the adoption of my invention I not onlysecure a cheap substitute for the flat band-hoops, but I also provide ahoop which will always remain in position, and, owing to the manner inwhich it is fixed in position, an elastic pressure is directed by eachhoop against the staves sufficient to follow up any ordinary shrinkageof the staves, and also accommodate itself to the expansion caused bythe staves absorbing moisture.

In the drawings, A represents the staves of a pail arranged together inthe ordinary Way.

B represents the hoops, each hoop being composed of a piece of wireformed into a hoop to surround the staves A and fit the portion of thepail or tub it is intended to clasp. The ends of the wire forming eachhoop are bent, as indicated, and are connected together b y a sleeve 0,which is merely a piece of sheet metal with two holes in it for the bentends to pass through, the said piece of sheet metal being bent into thesleeve 0 after the bent ends have been passed through the holes.

WVhen the hoop is placed in position, it is bent inwardly at certainintervalssay two inches apart-so as to indent and embed itself at thesepoints into the staves. (See Fig. 3.) By this stamping the hoop in thismanner a series of spring-sections is formed around the pail or tub,each section imparting an inward pressure against the staves it is incontact with, and at the same time permitting the hoop to accommodateitself to any expansion caused by the staves absorbing water. The seriesI of indentations formed in the staves holds the hoop in position andprevents its falling out of place.

What I claim as my'invention is The combination, with a pail, tub, orother cylindrical utensil, of a wire hoop or hoops bent inwardly atcertain intervals, so as to indent and embed itself at these points intothe staves of the pail or other utensil, and the perforated sleeve C,the ends of the wire of which the hoop is composed passing through theseperforations and being embedded in the pail, as set forth.

Orillia, March 21, 1889.

J AMEs B. HENDERSON, GEO. D. GRANT.

